Camper&#39;s frying pan



Nov. 2 ,1926. 1,605,215

G. M. CARR cAMPEn's FRYING PAN Filed oct. 24.` 1924 Patented Nov. 2,1926.

UNTTED STATES PATENT or GOLDIE M. CARR, F SPRINGVIEW, NEBRASKA.

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cAMrnRs :TRYING PAN.

Application led October 24, 1924. Serial No. 745,605.

turn the pan over for the purpose of turningv the food being fried, theupper and lower pans each being provided with a handle member so theymay be separated and used as individual pans if so desired.

A further object is to provide in such a pan, improved handle memberssoarranged that when the pans are placed in position one relative to theother, the handles may be either used to support pans while in a fryingposition, or they may be moved to such position that they will form abinding member rigidly securing the pans together when in use and fortransportation; and further to provide means whereby the pan may bebrought to a more compact form.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in `myclaims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: l

Figure 1 is a frying pan.

Figure 2 is a central, longitudinal, sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 is an end elevation with the handles place-d in a foldedposition.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the plan view of my improved line-4 of Figure 2, with the handles iny their folded position.

Figure 5 is an enlarged, detail, sectional view taken on the line 5*.5of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is an enlarged, detail, sectional view taken on the line 6-6 ofFigure 2.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of one of the individual pans with thehandle in its extended position.

My improved frying pan comprises a lower pan member 10 and an upper panmember 11. The pan 10 has side members 12 and end members 13 and 14. Thepan 11 is provided with side members 15 and end members 16 and 17. Theside members 15 and the end members 16 and 17 are lprovided with aflange portion 18 designed to overhang the upper edge ofthe side and endmembers of the pan 10, the side and end members of each' pan beingliared outward- The end members 15 and 14, however, are

provided at their central portion with portions 19 and`20 which lie in acommon plane members of the perpendicular to the bottom respective pans;These portions 19 and 2O- arev for the purpose of supporting thehandlemembers of the pan. The end member 16 is provided with an opening 21which is for the'purpose of receiving atongue 22 supported on the upperedge'lof the end member 13. This' providesv means whereby the endmembers 13 and 16 may be hooked and pivot-ally secured together.

The member 2O is provided with a hinge l member 23 comprising a baseplate 24 which issecured to the mernber-k by means of rivets 25. Saidbase plate is also provided with upwardly and outwardly extending ears26, theupper end of eachof which is pivotally connected to one portionof a handle member 27. The handle member 27 has at its inner enddownwardly projecting ears 28, as illustrated in Figures 3 and 5, eachof which is pivotally connected to a respective ear member 26 by meansof pivots 29. The pivot members 29 are located at a point above theupper edge of the pan, member 10, while the members 28 are of suchlength that the handle member 27 may be folded over the top of the pan11, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.

The free end of the handle member 27 is provided with a hook portion 30which is designed to engage an outwardly projecting lug 31 from lockingthe handle 27 into engagement with the top face of the pan 11. Themember 30 and the member 16 are yieldable enough to permit lockingaction. The handle member 27 is provided witha longitudinal slot 32through which another handle member 33 may be passed when folded. Thesaid handle member 33 is pivotally connected to downwardly extendingears 34 from'a 'plate 35 secured to the member 19 byrmeans of rivets 36.The handle member 33 is designed to engage the under surface of the pan13 when in a folded position, and having at its free end a hook toengage anoutwardly extending lug 38 from the end member 13. The handlemembers 33 and 27 may be moved to an unfolded as clearly illustrated inFigures 2 and 4.

the end member 16, thereby portion 37 designed Cim . pact space,

position for supporting the pans, by simply swinging them outwardly fromthe pan members 10 and 1l, to the position shown in Figures 1 37 restingon top of the hook member 30.l

The hook member 30 is provided with a notch 39 which is designedvto`receive the hook member 37 to prevent lateral movement of the handlesrelativeto each other, the handles 33 'and 27 being spaced vapart aslight distance when in their extended position, so that a better gripmay be provided, "the inner ends of the handles resting against theplates` 19 and 20, vas clearly shown in Figures 2 and 7. lf it isdesired, the pans may be separated and used separately, thereby formingtwo jpans, one of the pans being illustratedin.Figure 7.

lIn the members San'd 26 I have provided openings 40 which are designedto be engaged byV lugs 41 on the members 28 and 33, Athe said lugs41engagin'g the openings Ll0 at the time 'the handles 27 and 33 are intheir extended position. This provides means whereby the said handlesare locked permanently to the pan so that when the pans are usedseparately, they may be turned over and supported 'in an invertedposition with out the pan swinging to a vertical position while thehandles are supported horizontal ly, 'there being ysufficient resiliencyin the metal of the parts 33 and 28 to permit the lugs /11 to disengagethe openings 40.

The handle members 27 and 33 may be moved from their unfolded position,as shown in Figure 2, to their folded position, as `shown by dottedlines in Figure 2, and as illustrated in Figure 3, as follows: Theoperator grasps the pan member 1 5 in vone hand andthe pan member 12 inthe other hand, and then elevates the free end ofthe pan member 15-about the pivot members 21 and v22, permitting the member 37 to movevinwardly until the said member 37 falls` down wardly into thelongitudinal-slot 32 in the handle member 27, after which the'member 15may again be lowered to a folded position. The handle members 27 and 33may then be folded tothe position shown by vdotted lines in Figure 2.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a campers frying pan ofsimple, durable and inexpensive construction Awhich is yadapted to beused double or single, and which vis further adapted to be folded in avery coinparticula'rly adapted V for boy scout-s, camp fire girls andtourists, the pan being adapted to receive plates, cups and otherculinary devices while ina closedvor folded position, thereby making acomplete pack which is firmly packed and secured.

I claim as vmy invention:

1. A campers frying pan comprisingL a pair of similar pan members havinga bottom, side and end members, one being arand 2, with the hook memberneoaaia ranged iii inverted relation to the other, means for hinging theedges of the adjacent end members at each end of said pan -together, ahandle for each of the opposite end members, each handle member beingpivoted to its respective end member and shaped. to follow the contourof the end and bottom portions of the opposite pan member when thehandle members are in a folded position, and means for locking the freeend of each of said handle members to its adjacent pan member.

2. A cainpers frying pan comprising a pair of similar pan members havinga bottom, side and end members, one being arraiiged` in invertedrelationto the other, means for hinging the edges of the adjacent endmembers at each end of said pan together, va handle for each of theopposite end members, each handle member being pivoted to its respectiveend memberand shaped to follow the contour of the end and bottomportions of the Yopposite pan member .when the handle members are in afolded position, and means for locking the free end of each of saidhandle members to its adjacent .pan member, said handles also beingadapted Vto be moved yto an unfolded position vfor supporting the panseither vtogether or individually.

3. A camper-s frying pan comprising a pair of similar pan members havinga bottom, side and end members, -one being arranged in inverted relationto `the other, means for hinging the'edges of the adjacent end membersat each end of said pan together, ahandle for each of the oppositeendlmembei's, each handle member being 'pivoted to its respective end.member and shaped to follow the contour of the end and bottom portionsof the opposite pan member when the handle members are in a foldedposition, means for locking` the free end of each of said handle memberstoits adjacent pan member, said handles also being adapted to be movedto an unfolded position for supporting 'the pans either together orindividually, and means for locking each oi" rsaid handle members to itsrespective pan in an unfolded position.

4. A campers frying pan comprising a pair of similar pan members havingla bottom, side and end members, oiie being arranged in an invertedrelation to the other,

means 'for liinging the vedges of -the adjacent end members at each endof said pan together, a handle for each of the opposite end Ymembers,reach handle member being pivoted to its respective end member andshaped to follow 'the contour of the end and bottom portions oftheopposite pan member when fthe handle members are-in a folded position,

vand when in a folded position are adapted toproj'ect outwardly from thepan members slightly'spaced apart and parallel, the outer portions beingother to form a designed to engage each fulorum to cause the pan 5members to be clamped together When the handle memb tors hand.

ers are gripped by the opera- 5. A oampers frying pan comprising a pairof similar pan members having a bot- 10 tom, side and end members, onebeing ar-` ranged in an means for h1 bers at one inverted relation tothe other, nging the yadjacent end memend of said pan together, a

handle for eaoh o the bers, each handle being speotive end member andadapted to swing from a position projecting perpendioularly from saidend member to a position adjacent to the end member and bottom portionof the opposite pan member, one of said handle members being providedwith a longitudinal slot to permit the opposite handle member to passthrough the same While being moved from its perpendicular position to aposition adjacent to the pan.

GOLDIE M. CARR.

pivoted to its reopposite end mem-

